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Today my nephew.

m̩²¹ ɣɯ³³ȵi⁴² nu³³ ŋo²¹ ko³³ko³³ ɡɛ²¹ zo³³.

He gets married.

m̩²¹ tɕh⁵⁵mo²¹ kɯ³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

Here is my elder brother’s home.

te³³na³³ nu³³ ŋo²¹ ko³³ko³³ xɯ²¹ ŋɛ²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

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Many guests have come now.

te³³xɚ³³ nu³³ ve²¹ te²¹ɣɚ²¹mo²¹ lɛ²¹ la³³.

The guests come to give money to the new couple.

ve²¹ te³³ɣɚ²¹ də³³ tɕo⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ a³³ dʑi³³phɛ³³.

They come to bless the new couple.

kua⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ sui²¹ te⁵⁵ də³³ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³dzɿ³³ na³³ tsu⁵⁵fu⁴² lɛ²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

Here is my elder brother’ home.

ta³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ ko³³ko³³ xɯ²¹ ŋɛ²¹ ɡa⁵⁵.

These who stay in the main room are my elder brother’s guests.

ɡa⁴²bɯ⁵⁵ tha⁴²ɣɔ⁴² xɯ⁴² tshɿ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ ne³³ɣɚ²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo²¹ ko³³ko³³ ɡɛ²¹ ve²¹ ŋɛ²¹.

They come home.

i³³ xɯ²¹ lɛ²¹ a³³.

They send cash gift.

zə⁴²tshe⁴².

They receive the cash gift and other record one by one. There are other guests, too.

tse³¹³ a³³ zə⁴²tshe⁴² tɕi⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² ne³³ɣɚ²¹ ɡɚ³³ ŋɛ²¹ a²¹tu⁴² ne³³ɣɚ²¹ ɡɚ³³ ve²¹ ŋɛ²¹.

That’s all.

tɕo⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² ŋɛ²¹ ɡa⁵⁵ khua²¹ kua³³ ɡuɚ⁴² kua³³ la³³.

Let the guests stay for the night.

i³³ ɡɛ²¹ ve²¹ mɯ²¹ lɛ²¹ a³³ ve²¹ ne³³ɣɚ²¹ ɡɯ⁵⁵ zɚ⁴² to³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

Those who come far from here wouldn’t go back home.

ŋo²¹dze⁴² te³³ɕa³³ ne⁵⁵ dʑo²¹mo²¹ vi³³ a³³ ne³³ɣɚ²¹ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ pa³³ lɛ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ ma²¹ ʑi²¹ a⁵⁵ la³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

They stay at home of the host for night.

i³³ xɯ²¹ zɚ⁴² a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

Those who live nearby.

dʑo²¹mo²¹ nɚ³³ ne³³ɣɚ²¹ nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵.

They return home after meal.

ma³³ma³³ thɚ⁵⁵ pa³³ dzo³³ tɕo⁵⁵ a⁵⁵mɚ³³mɚ³³ xɯ²¹ ʑi²¹ phi⁴².

Here is the place for the guest staying at night.

te³³na³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ve²¹ zɚ⁴² ɡe²¹ ŋɛ²¹ ɡa⁵⁵.

That’s all.

ɡuɚ⁴² kua³³ la³³.

This is my sister-in-law.

te³³ te⁵⁵ nu³³ wa²¹ mɛ³¹³ ŋɛ²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

This is the bridegroom’s mother.

te³³ te⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ ɡɛ²¹ ʑa³³ mo³³ ŋɛ²¹ ɡa⁵⁵.

The basket in her hands will be brought to the bride’s home later.

i³³ ɡɛ²¹ thi⁴²lo⁴² te³³ mo³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ te²¹xɚ³³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ thi⁴² zɚ³¹³ za²¹mɛ²¹zo³³ ne³³ ɣə⁴² xɯ²¹ ʑa³¹³ ɡa⁵⁵.

The costumes we wear are as same as my sister-in-law’s.

wa³³ ŋo²¹dze⁴² fu⁴²tsuan³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ te³³xɚ³³ wa²¹ mɛ³¹³ ve⁴² a⁵⁵sa³³ te³³ ɕo²¹ ve⁴² ɛ⁵⁵.

Today her son’s wife.

ɣɯ³³ȵi⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ ɡɛ²¹ zo³³ tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹.

Her son acts as son-in-law adoption. They manage a wedding at her home.

i³³ ɡɛ²¹ zo³³ te⁵⁵ sɿ²¹ xɯ²¹ sa⁵⁵mə⁴² ʑi²¹ ɛ⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³ ɛ²¹ sɿ⁵⁵tshin⁴² pa⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

That’s all.

ɡuɚ⁴² kua³³ la³³.

A needle inserts on the back of both bride and bridegroom’s clothes respectively.

tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² kja⁵⁵ sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ ɡɛ²¹ ɡɯ²¹mɯ²¹ tɕo³³ te³³na³³ ɣɯ⁴² te²¹ tsa⁴² tshɯ⁵⁵ zɚ³¹³.

There are five threads in the needle holes.

ɣɯ⁴² te³³ tsa⁴² i³³ mja⁵⁵ xɯ⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ tɕhi²¹ ŋo³³ ku²¹ sɚ²¹ ke⁴² zɚ³¹³.

The five threads are made of five different colors.

te³³ ŋo³³ ku²¹ ɡɛ²¹ ʑan⁴²sə⁴² nu³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ŋo³³ ɕo²¹ sə⁴² ki⁵⁵ ɡɯ²¹mɯ²¹ tɕo³³ ȵa⁴² tshɯ⁵⁵ zɚ³¹³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

It has the function of avoiding evil.

pi⁵⁵ ɕi⁴² ɡɛ²¹ tso⁴²ʑo⁵⁵ tɕhi²¹ ɡa⁵⁵.

The two persons standing over there are the bride and bridegroom.

xe⁴² zɚ³¹³ te³³ ȵi²¹ te⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² kja⁵⁵ sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ ŋɛ²¹ ɡa⁵⁵.

In the front of the bride.

tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² ɡɛ²¹ ɣə³¹³dzə²¹ ne³³na³³.

Hanging a mirror.

tsau⁵⁵tsɿ²¹ te²¹ thi³³ kua⁵⁵ zɚ³¹³.

The mirror.

tsau⁵⁵tsɿ²¹ te³³ thi³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

It is a monster-revealing mirror.

tsau⁵⁵ ʑau³³ tsin⁵⁵ sua⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

They are receiving the cash gift.

zə⁴²tshi⁴² ɣɯ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

The coming guests.

te³³xɚ³³ lɛ²¹ a³³ ve²¹.

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Names and amounts of money have been recording now.

zə⁴²tshi⁴² kua⁵⁵ te³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

That’s all.

khui²¹ʑi²¹ la³³.

People identify family members like this.

ɕa³³ la³³ ŋo²¹dze⁴² te³³ɕa³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² zə⁵⁵ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

His uncle and aunt.

i³³ ɡɛ²¹ ʑa³³ ɣɯ³³ ʑa³³ ȵi³³.

All the relatives should be identified as family members.

te²¹ɣɚ²¹bo⁴² na³³ də³³ zɚ⁵⁵ ʑa⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵.

Now they identify his father and mother as family members.

te³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ ʑa³³ de³³ ʑa³³ mo³³ na³³ zə⁵⁵ ɛ⁵⁵.

Now.

te³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

The bridegroom is going the bride’s home.

sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² ne³³ ɣə⁴² xɯ²¹.

He marries over.

fu³³ ɡu⁴² ʑa³¹³ ɡa⁵⁵.

They begin walking out from the bridegroom’s home now.

khɚ³³sɿ⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ te³³ ɣə⁴² ɡɛ²¹.

They are walking out of the gate.

ta⁵⁵mə⁴² na³³ du⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ a⁵⁵ la³³.

They set out now.

fu³³ ki⁵⁵ ʑa³¹³ ɡa⁵⁵ khɚ³³sɿ⁴² a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

Now, then.

te³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

Now, then.

te³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵.

The bridegroom’s companions.

sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ tshu³¹³ ɡɚ³³ na³³.

They play tricks on the bridegroom and the bride.

te³³ɣɚ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ kja⁵⁵ tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² na³³ sua²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

They won’t make the way for the new couple if they don’t deliver cigarettes.

i³³dzɿ³³ a³³ zi³³ ma²¹ fa³¹³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³dzɿ³³ tɕo⁵⁵ dʑo²¹mo²¹ ma²¹ za⁵⁵.

Cigarettes should be delivered to them.

ker yal idzii na ri fat mo ahl.

Ask the one who is in charge of delivering cigarettes to give some to them.

zi³³ fa³¹³ pho³¹³ ɯ³³ ki⁵⁵ lɛ²¹ na³³ kja⁵⁵ zi³³ thɚ⁵⁵ pa³³.

They make the way for them.

fa³¹³ i³³dzɿ³³ tɕo⁵⁵ za⁵⁵khɚ³³ phi⁴² a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

Now.

te³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵.

The groomsman gives them some cigarettes.

tɕo⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵lan⁴² te³³ te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³dzɿ³³ na³³ zi³³.

They play tricks on the couple by delivering some cigarettes.

fa³¹³ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵ sua²¹ a³³ te³³ɣɚ²¹ na³³.

They leave after giving them some cigarettes.

zi³³ thɚ⁵⁵ pa³³ fa³¹³ tɕo⁵⁵ i³³dzɿ³³ tɕo⁵⁵ za⁵⁵khɚ³³ phi⁴² a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

They play tricks on the couple on the path.

dʑo²¹mo²¹ te²¹ tɕi³³ bo⁴² tɕo⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² sua²¹ zɚ³¹³ sɯ³³ zɚ³¹³.

Walking and playing.

sɯ³³ zɚ³¹³ ki⁵⁵ ɛ⁵⁵.

They deliver cigarettes to them when play tricks.

pa³³ sua²¹ dzə²¹dzə²¹ tɕo⁵⁵ zi³³ fa³³ mo³³.

Sunflower seeds and sugar should be delivered to them, too.

xo²¹ta⁵⁵mo²¹ȵi⁵⁵ le⁵⁵dzi³³ te³³ ɕo²¹ fa³¹³.

Bring some candies, popcorns and cigarettes.

le⁵⁵dzi³³ a⁵⁵fu⁴²thu⁵⁵lu⁵⁵ zi³³ te³³dze⁴² ve²¹ zɚ³¹³.

If they play tricks on the path.

dʑo²¹mo²¹ ku⁴² pa³³.

Deliver some candies and popcorns to anyone meeting on the path.

tə⁵⁵ dzɿ²¹ a³³ ne³³ te⁵⁵ na³³ də³³ le⁵⁵dzi³³ fa³¹³ a⁵⁵fu⁴²thu⁵⁵lu⁵⁵.

Deliver some cigarettes to them.

fa³¹³ zi³³ fa³¹³.

Here are popcorns.

te³³na³³ tɕo⁵⁵ a⁵⁵fu⁴²thu⁵⁵lu⁵⁵.

Now, they are delivering candies and popcorns.

kja⁵⁵ le⁵⁵dzi³³ ŋɛ²¹ ɡa⁵⁵ te³³xɚ³³ a⁵⁵fu⁴²thu⁵⁵lu⁵⁵.

The bridegroom’s aunt is delivering candies and popcorns.

fa³¹³ te³³ te⁵⁵ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ sin³¹³ku³³ʑi³³ ɡɛ²¹ ʑa⁵⁵ zɿ³³ ɡɛ²¹ ɛ⁵⁵ ʑa⁵⁵ zɿ³³ ɡɯ⁵⁵ fa³¹³ ɛ⁵⁵.

Don’t hurry, don’t so hurry.

ne⁵⁵mja⁴² ta²¹ ma⁴² ne⁵⁵mja⁴² ta²¹ ma⁴².

Let’s go, we can go now.

tsə⁵⁵ la⁵⁵ tsə⁵⁵ la³³ khui⁵⁵ʑi⁵⁵ wo⁵⁵mə³³ tsə⁵⁵ ʑi²¹ tɕi⁴² ma⁴².

They are playing tricks on the new couple.

i³³ kja⁵⁵ tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² na³³ sua²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

Their companions.

i³³dzɿ³³ tshu³¹³ te³³ɣɚ²¹ tɕo⁵⁵.

They whip on the feet of the bridegroom by bamboo sticks.

sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ ɡɛ²¹ tɕhi²¹pha⁵⁵ na³³ mo²¹ ba⁵⁵ ɡɯ⁵⁵ dzɚ⁴².

The bridegroom.

ne⁵⁵ sin³³ku³³ʑi³³.

He pains to death.

te⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ no²¹ se⁴² də³³.

He can’t put down the bride.

de³¹³ tɕhi⁵⁵mo³³sɚ⁴² te⁵⁵ na³³ ma²¹ nə⁴² fa⁵⁵ tshe²¹ le²¹.

He must carry the bride on his back until arrive her home.

tɕhi⁵⁵mo³³sɚ⁴² te⁵⁵ na³³ bɯ³¹³ zɚ³¹³ na³³ kja⁵⁵ tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² ɣə⁴² xɯ²¹ ʑi²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

They are teasing now.

tɕo⁵⁵ si⁵⁵ xɚ⁵⁵tsɚ⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ si⁵⁵ nau⁵⁵.

And now.

te³³xɚ³³ nu³³ ʑo⁵⁵.

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A groomsman carries a bridesmaid on his back.

pa⁵⁵ȵan⁴² te⁵⁵ ɡɯ⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵lan⁴² te⁵⁵ na³³ bɯ³¹³ zɚ³¹³.

Walk like that.

na³³ kja⁵⁵ sɯ³³ ɛ⁵⁵.

Oh, they are teasing.

a²¹ ʑa²¹ tha³³mə³³ sɿ⁵⁵ nau⁵⁵.

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They are playing tricks on the bride and bridegroom.

te³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² kja⁵⁵ sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ na³³ sua²¹ ɛ⁵⁵.

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They ask the bridegroom to carry on the bride on his back.

i³³dzɿ³³ tɕo⁵⁵ sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ te⁵⁵ ɡɯ⁵⁵ tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² te⁵⁵ na³³ bɯ³¹³ zɚ³¹³ to³³.

If he doesn’t carry her.

ma²¹ bɯ³¹³ pa³³ ki⁵⁵ tɕo⁵⁵ sin³³ku³³ʑi³³ kja⁵⁵.

They whip the bride and bridegroom’s feet.

tɕhi⁵⁵mo²¹sɚ⁴² ɡɛ²¹ tɕhi²¹pha⁵⁵ na³³ khau³³.

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Now, they stop playing tricks.

te³³xɚ³³ ne⁵⁵ bɚ³³ ɕa³³ phi⁴² la³³.

They walk a while again.

ʑo⁵⁵ te²¹ thɯ²¹ sɯ³³ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

They just walk like that, no tricks now.

ma²¹ bɚ³³ a⁵⁵ la³³ tɕo⁵⁵ ȵa⁴² sɯ³³ a⁵⁵ɡa⁵⁵.

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